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I'm just a lil' ol' scribbling butterfly, who's ready to burst from my cocoon & spread my wings. So glad you've stopped by to join in my journey in this writerly world.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

#TuesdayswithTaryn with Courtney Young aka @courtney825

Tuesdays with Taryn

Courtney Young

What book(s) most
influenced you as a writer? Wow. This one is hard. There have been so many
brilliant books that have inspired me in the past decade;I would have the say the Harry Potter series and Interview with a
Vampire by Anne Rice.

What book do you read
over and over again? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling and
So Cold the River by Michael Koryta.The
final book of the Harry Potter series tied up so many loose ends and each time
I read it, I fall in love with the story all over again.‘So Cold the River’ is an amazing read with paranormal elements, I just
discovered this author and love his work and this book.

What’s the most
interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a
novel? For After the Woods, I heavily researched Vlad II Dracul.Being
an evil man who insisted on honesty, he placed a golden cup in center of the
square of Tirgoviste.No one ever stole
the cup in fear of Dracul.

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you
currently reading? I am reading Wilde’s Army by Krystal Wade and Beautiful
Disaster by Jamie McGuire. Yesterday I finished the Discovery of
Witches by Deborah Harkness and it was absolutely amazing!

Whom would you cast
as your Main Characters/Hero/Heroine if your book became a movie:Elisabeth: Emelia Clarke
Gabriel: Josh Bowman
Caleb: Chris Hemsworth
Gertrude: Emma Stone

Blurb:After the Woods: Cerise Saga, Book 1Elizabeth has visions
induced by an antique music box that her dead grandfather owned decades before
her birth. A witch instructs Elizabeth to enter the woods and face her
fears. The events that take place After
the Woods forever changes Elizabeth's outlook on the world. She travels
to unfamiliar places, meets strange characters, and even learns a little magic.
While searching for the answers to her questions and subduing unwarranted
visions, she begins to understand the inevitable changes that will soon take
place in her life. Elizabeth must ultimately choose between good, evil,
and life or death, although her future may already be paved.